Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

35 reviews

smithalexis035's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I didn’t understand the hype around this book at all. I could not wait to finish it and it took me so long! The descriptions of animal abuse really bothered me and there were some really strange sexual things mentioned. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Alcoholism, and Violence

hello_lovely13's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual content, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Classism, Death of parent, and Violence

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

nellzzzz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Death, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, Murder, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Pregnancy, Misogyny, and Violence

oujo_umi's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I saw the broadway musical first which I really enjoyed and decided to read the book when I found out the show was based off it. It was a  fun story with a satisfying ending.

For the most part everyone felt staticly “good” or “bad” without much development. As someone who typically is drawn to stories for the characters, I didn’t really connect. However the plot’s momentum toward the disaster teased in the first chapter was exciting enough to make up for that. I enjoyed how I could get pulled into the circus from the detailed descriptions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Violence, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Alcoholism and Terminal illness

stephmcoakley's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Death of parent, Car accident, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Medical content, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Medical trauma, Violence, and Vomit

lkcoon's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Violence

Moderate: Physical abuse and Murder

alex_grace1's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Sexual content

Minor: Racism, Racial slurs, and Ableism

Some warnings about the sexual content

There is essentially a drunk rape scene. it’s not treated as such by the characters but it is mentioned briefly to be non-consensual and where the main character was nearly blackout drunk. Theres also a pretty graphic stripping scene, a brief masturbation scene, and sexual content all up the wazoo.

maaartha's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Violence, and Animal cruelty

jneverland's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Death, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Antisemitism, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Drug use, Car accident, Medical content, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Violence, Grief, Sexism, Sexual content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Death of parent

justaddwater's review against another edition

adventurous reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Classism, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Classism, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Alcoholism, and Bullying